400mhz Imac and Tiger Video Jitter

I have 10 ruby 400nhz Imacs that are having Tiger installed on. The screen seems to jitter on all of them after the install.Is there an update or setting that will fix this problem?

Tim Powell1...
One thing to remember is that Tiger really needs a computer with 32MB of video memory to do the video display any justice. Not that this is a requirement to run Tiger, it is highly recommended to possibly avoid issues like yours. You may try in reducing your color rate from millions to thousands and see if that will help or just read on for other ideas...
Now beyond that issue there can be some issues with interference caused by fluorescent lighting, DC brick items, motors, or incoming "dirty" power that may exaggerate your problem.
My old cell phone charger and my little desk fan made my eMac display act a bit funky till I located them further away from the computer. The fan actually needed to be on a different circuit because it was motorized.
I also recall another local user complaining his was doing about the same, and come to find out his 50 watt halogen lamp was the problem. We got his issue under control by removing that item completely for an item with a common light bulb in it. Thing here is that "speciality lighting" (reqiring special bulbs) may contain a baliast or a transformer that can affect your display.
...Ron
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